Problem
We are bombarded with information on what to do in an emergency. I just received a notice from the St John's Ambulance, UK, telling me what to do if someone is having a cardiac arrest. In the UK you call 999 or 112 for emergency help.
One of the instructions is to put the person, if they are unresponsible, 'in the recovery position'. I thought, what's that? No diagram.
Answer
So I did a google search and found the national health service article. I won't rewrite or summarise in case I make a mistake and get something wrong. But read it and try to memorise it.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/first-aid/recovery-position/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_position
Recovery position picture from Wikipedia.
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
We are bombarded with information on what to do in an emergency. I just received a notice from the St John's Ambulance, UK, telling me what to do if someone is having a cardiac arrest. In the UK you call 999 or 112 for emergency help.
One of the instructions is to put the person, if they are unresponsible, 'in the recovery position'. I thought, what's that? No diagram.
Answer
So I did a google search and found the national health service article. I won't rewrite or summarise in case I make a mistake and get something wrong. But read it and try to memorise it.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/first-aid/recovery-position/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recovery_position
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
